CANNES: The last touches were being laid in Cannes on Monday for the 75th anniversary edition of the world’s leading film festival, promising a return to its full glitz.
Dangling from ropes above the fabled Palais des Festivals, workers were unfurling the huge poster for the Cannes Film Festival’s golden jubilee, which this year features an image from “The Truman Show”.
Some 35,000 film professionals are expected between May 17 and 28, hoping for a return to form for cinema’s most glamorous event after two years in which Covid dampened the mood.
“We are ready. The town hall has just redone everything –…